2016 Emails Between Wilshire Center BID And The City Of LA or Tara Devine

Subject: Fwd: Letter of support for RFK
From: Anna Gruben
Date: 04/06/2016 12:11 PM

To: Wilshire Center <mike@wilshirecenter.com>, "Raul Claras (raul.claros@lacity.org)" <raul.claros@lacity.org>, Paul
Schrade <pschrade@sbcglobal.net>, Paul Schrade <phs90046@gmail.com>, Larry Watts <lwatts@seyfarth.com>, John
Guevarra <john@peopleforparks.org>, Ryan Allen <rallen@kyccla.org>

FYI, Rosa Trujillo's (Principal of Berendo) letter sent to Rosario Kurlander this morning...

Forwarded message

From: Saldana, Carmela <cms5360@lausd.net>

Date: Wed, Apr 6, 201 6 at 9:41 AM

Subject: Letter of support for RFK

To: "Kurlander, Rosario" <rik41 841 @lausd.net>

Cc: "Trujillo, Rosa" <rmt6363@lausd.net>. "annaaruben@peopleforparks.org" <annaaruben@peopleforparks.ora>

Good Morning,

I have attached the letter of support for RFK. Please let me know if you have any questions or need anything else.

Thanks,

Carmela Saldana
School Administrative Assistant
Berendo Middle School
(2131 739-5699

From: Trujillo, Rosa

Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 9:39 PM

To: Anna Gruben

Cc: Saldana, Carmela

Subject: Re: Letter of support for RFK

Hi Anna

I will ask my office manager to email to you tomorrow with my signature.

Thank you

Rosa Trujillo
Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 5, 201 6, at 9:25 PM, Anna Gruben <annaaruben@peopleforparks.ora> wrote:

Hi Rosa! I wanted to make sure you received the draft below. We'd like to get it to RFKs principals by this
Thursday (which is when they meet next), if possible. The person you would send the letter to is Rosario
Kurlander, Operations Manager rik41 841 @lausd.net.

I'd be happy to send it to her myself if that's easier. It would probably be best to send as a pdf on Berendo letter
head with your signature on it. Please let me know how I can help.

Thank you!!

Anna

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 4, 201 6, at 1 0:42 AM, Anna Gruben <annaaruben@peopleforparks.ora> wrote:

Hi Rosa. Here's what I was thinking in terms of a letter of support for a CSP at RFK. Is this something
you'd be ok signing? Feel free to make additions or cut things...

Dear RFK Leadership Team,

I want you to know why I support the People for Parks Community School Park (CSP) initiative and
why the Robert F Kennedy Community Schools campus will benefit from having its own CSP.

A CSP is a supervised school-site playground open to the community on weekends, holidays and
summer vacation. They feature healthful programming carried out by school district staff and are
made possible by People for Parks and its supporters. They provide much needed safe play-havens
for kids, families and neighbors living in park-poor neighborhoods like ours.

Berendo Middle School's CSP opened last December and already we see fantastic results. Youth and
parents now regularly come to our campus to exercise, engage in free play or simply enjoy the fresh
air. We have a dad who leads a basketball clinic every weekend. Parents are working to revitalize
our campus gardens.

My goal as principal is to develop the whole child and strengthen the ties between the school and the
surrounding neighborhood. Our CSP is becoming an essential assist in furthering this objective.

None of this would have been possible without the coordinating and outreach assistance provided by
People for Parks. Because of their pre-existing agreements with LAUSD and Beyond the Bell,
opening our CSP was fast and easy. People for Parks is sensitive to the unique needs of the schools
it serves. I have been delighted by the way it works hand in glove with me to assure that the CSP
operates to further my goals as principal. People for Parks also helps with special events, such as
Berendo’s CSP grand opening day ceremony. This event truly spotlighted our school in very positive
way. It brought representatives from city government, several charitable organizations and many civic
leaders to our campus. LAUSD board member Monica Garcia also came and her enthusiasm for the
partnership between People for Parks and our school was really inspiring. She shares with me the
need to expand this partnership throughout her district.

Our CSP is in its infancy. But I foresee in the years to come it will greatly enhance the image of our
school and the public support we receive. I see our school truly becoming the cultural and social heart
of our community.

Sent from my iPhone

ANNA GRUBEN

People for Parks

www.peopleforparks.org